[Picture is one I took in Iceland, it was an unforgettable moment of gratitude and awe that has never left.] Each morning the sun rises We are overwhelmed with what lies ahead We are anxious about what’s left to be done We are feeling inadequate to all of what life brings The hours bleed into …
Tonight we are here and we are uneasy. We are sad. We mourn the condition of the world. I wrote this prayer with a heavy heart and longing to comfort and show compassion to those with the burden of unbearable pain because of the Orlando shooting and read this at the vigil in Sarnia, Ontario. …
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We ran a small conference on the weekend as a response to the Act Like Men conference this coming weekend. The group of 200 of us prayed this together to end. You can listen to all the talks here. Look at your people We came here Gathered Sang Watched Listened Found Joy Got Angry Discovered …
God Loss isn’t something we like facing into. It’s not something we plan for It’s not something we we want in our future It’s not something we can control or fit into our plans Yet it’s not our plans we are fitting anything into It’s yours Your mysterious, good and all-powerful plan We all scramble …
God of heaven and earth. God who sees us. God who hears our cry. We thank-you for creating us and creating this world. We know you are not done, and that this world is far from the good that you intended. Thank-you for being a God who does not give up and who pursues his …
Remind us of our smallness Remind us that you are still working, even when we can’t see Remind us that the kingdom exists all around us Remind us that hope is found buried and covered in dirt Transform our desires away from the big and loud Point them to the small and insignificant Remove our …
God, we know that we don’t have what it takes We know that we are fallen, sinful people We know that even in our best moments we fail to meet your demands So teach us more about your grace Remind us again of what is at stake Take our lives and accept our death It …
God thank-you for sending your son to take our place We know we are sinful and aren’t able to stand up to your standards We accept your grace Help us learn to live in it Help us not hoard it Thank-you for loving us because of who we are and not what we do We …
God, thank-you for your blessings Thank-you for our wealth Thank-you for our community Let us not turn your blessings into curses Let us not hoard your wealth as if it’s ours Let us not focus on ourselves but each other God, thank-you for this story Thank-you for the barns we already have Thank-you for our …
May we be the kind of community where Wives love their husbands and Husbands love their wives and where Husbands and Wives mutually sacrifice and submit to one another May we be the kind of community where Parents listen to their children Children obey their parents and where Children and Parents seek understanding and not …